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The Lone Mountain Turquoise mine produces beautiful stones favored by Native American jewelry artists. Darryl Dean Begay, a silversmith from Gallup New Mexico, shares a little about why he likes Lone Mountain Turquoise. Lone Mountain has different turquoise you know you have your regular lone mountain then you have your fossilize lone mountain then drake […]
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Darryl Dean Begay is a Navajo jeweler from Gallup New Mexico. This is an intro video to Darryl as he presents three of his favorite top grade Turquoise stones and a little about his style. Please subscribe and stay tuned to more videos in the future. My name is Darryl Dean Begay. I am a […]
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Known as Diné Bikéyah in the native tongue, the Navajo Nation is located in the four corners area of the United States. Traditionally the borders are set by four sacred mountains which consist of Mount Blanca “Tsisnaasjini” in Colorado, Mount Taylor “Tsoodzil” in New Mexico, San Francisco Peaks “Doko’oosliid” in Arizona, and Mount Hesperus “Dibe-Nitsaa” […]
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Aaron Anderson is a Navajo jewelry silversmith and leader in the Native American art community. Aaron is a third generation artist and specializes in a technique called tufa casting. Every cast piece is hand carved and completely unique as the...
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Watch a bracelet be made from start to finish in 7 min. Listen to the passion of a leader in Navajo Jewelry. Aaron Anderson, master silversmith, gives us a glimpse into the spirit of his work. Aaron Anderson: The best advice that I got when I started to do this was from my brother-in-law. His […]
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